Dark Ages Fiction

Demons, cloaked as earthly beings, have seemingly infiltrated every village, clan, and Order; pressing their advantage for influence and vengeance. Their depravity and thirst for blood appears unstoppable. The Overlord, and other fiends, control the Demon World, which rules from the shadows, spreading fear while reaping the rewards of unfettered power. Their objective is clear – total destruction. However, their forces are hidden and must be brought into the light. Heroes are not born but are merely brave individuals who have found the courage to uphold freedom. They stand as sentinels ...

The Butterfly and The Moth A Haunting Contemporary Fiction New Adult Novel of Identity, Trauma, and Survival and Love. Some people are born butterflies—delicate, admired, and effortlessly gliding through life beneath golden light. Others are moths—drawn to the fire, chasing warmth even when they know it will burn them alive. In this emotionally charged, dark contemporary fiction novel, Dahlia Monroe has always been a moth: a survivor of shadows who has never known the luxury of soft landings. When a DNA test reveals a sister she never knew existed, Dahlia is thrust into a dazzling yet ...

Vanessa Wye was 15 years old when she first had sex with her English teacher. She is now 32 and the teacher, Jacob Strane, has just been accused of sexual abuse by another former student of his. Vanessa is horrified by this news, because she is quite certain that the relationship she had with Strane wasn’t abuse. It was love. She’s sure of that. But now, in 2017, in the midst of allegations against powerful men, she is being asked to redefine the great love story of her life - her great sexual awakening - as rape.

On my sixteenth birthday, I’ll become a murderer. I don’t want to kill anyone but it’s my duty as princess. To stop the threat of the Cursed. The ones who destroyed our planet and most life. If I don’t participate in the ritual to seal my initiation into the ruling council and solidify my mother’s empire, everyone will figure out the truth. My truth. That I’m a Cursed. It gets worse. My only hope rests in the hands of Ryker, whose sister I sentenced to death.

The Voice of a savior - deep, arousing, and calming Where is He Calling Me from Heaven His eyes capture my soul at first sight My Alpha Male, Strong, Self Assuring, and Focused He can be my Dad, but he can't know I want him Staying in the room next to his in the house I can smell his clean, muscular, and freshly showered body creeping in my room My desire for his touch is getting into my head and dreams Don't Fall in Love to fast He is a single dad, with a young daughter. His charm is intoxicating as he spends time with his daughter His eyes tell me he wants to ravish my body My body is all...

What if Edgar Allan Poe's masterpieces happened in our world? Step into five chilling retellings that transport Poe's most terrifying tales into the 21st century, where ancient horrors take on frightening new forms. From sterile hospital corridors to corporate boardrooms, from contaminated mansions to digital graveyards, these stories prove that the human capacity for guilt, obsession, and revenge transcends any era. "The Monitor" - A night-shift nurse's paranoia spirals into murder, where the tell-tale heart becomes the relentless beeping of medical equipment, and guilt echoes through ...

Sequel to the #1 bestseller Unforgettable Encounter In this sizzling MM romance of power and vulnerability, desire is only the beginning... A secret weekend. A billionaire with walls. A man who’s done pretending. Grayson Hart has always known what it means to fight for access. Logan Westwood was born with it. When a perfect first date turns into a private invitation to a luxurious hideaway, Grayson steps into a world of curated silence and whispered touches. But beyond the glass walls and designer charm, old wounds threaten to surface. For Logan, privacy is armor. For Grayson, honesty is ...

It has been six months since the failed coup led by Isaac De La Cruz, and Shan LeClaire is struggling under the mantle of Royal Blood Worker. Left with a dwindling blood supply and a ravenous nation whose thirst will drown them, Shan is forced to turn to darker means to fill the need. And that is only the start of the horrors her Eternal King asks of her.

When Knight Alaric von Mertz loses his family to a ravenous zombie horde, he swears revenge on the necromancer responsible. But a quest for vengeance is no easy matter in a world overrun by the walking dead. Joined by a rogue, a witch hunter, a novice wizard, and a dwarf demolition master, Alaric's journey leads him from fire moats to the zombie-ridden catacombs of the witch hunters to uncover a spell book of insurmountable power. As zombies claw and bite, Alaric fears he will never avenge his family. For in this age of the undead, betrayal and magic lurk around every corner.

Allegria appears to all to be nothing more than a simple priestess devoted to worship of the sun goddess. Hallow is a masterless apprentice. Deo was meant to save the world and bring the Fireborn and Starborn together peace. But then invaders beseigned the land of the Starborn, breaking the prophecy. Now Allegria has fled the priesthood and wields the power of the sun. Hallow accepts the mantle of leadership he so long avoided. And Deo is tormented and tortured by the power of the invaders.

Following her father's mysterious disappearance, Elara discovers his workshop filled with cryptic journals, ancient texts, and an obsidian orb that seems to pulse with temporal energy. As she delves deeper into her father's past, she uncovers his involvement with the Chronomasters, a secret society that manipulates time, and learns of a catastrophic temporal fracture threatening to unravel Aevum's existence.

As a single father and firefighter, I have encountered several dangers, but nothing could have prepared me for the scorching encounter with reporter Emily Turner, a sharp-tongued woman who challenged everything I believed to be true. As a fearless reporter, I have confronted corruption, exposed scandals, and never backed down from a challenge. But when I found myself trapped in a burning building, my life hanging by a thread, it was the piercing gaze of firefighter Jack Adams that took my breath away, not the suffocating smoke. In one fateful rescue, an unexpected connection sparked between...

Twenty years have passed since the demon war ended and humanity is safe against the hordes of the underworld. The new ruler of the realm, Aradia has suddenly gone missing and it’s up to her protector, Tracs to unravel the mystery and find her. However, standing in his way are her demonic children, who blame him for Aradia’s disappearance and will stop at nothing to make him pay. Lost Soul is intriguing story of betrayal, mystery, and a mission to find one’s salvation. Lost soul is a standalone novel set in the world of A Demon’s Quest.

You want the diamonds? You want the mansion? You want the lake, and boats, and the cars? You want the security? And the man? Then you do what you’re told. I live in his castle. I sit at his feet. I wear his collar. I am his offering. The Chosen Ones...the Ruling Class. They are a breed apart. And yes, that pedigree matters. Not just anyone can rise above and become their equal. It takes sacrifice.

Tarnished Angels They were raised to be perfect. They chose to be free. Camp Miller was supposed to be just another elite summer retreat—an isolated island where daughters of powerful men were sent to stay quiet, stay clean, and stay out of the way. But beneath the surface of team-building games and carefully monitored routines, something darker was growing. Roxy was never meant to be there. Not like them. Not polished. Not protected. But she knew exactly who Maria, Rosa, and Lupe were: the daughters of cartel-connected men who had already sold their futures to buy more power. And she ...

Los Angeles brims with opportunity in 1959—though not for aspiring fashion designer Cordelia Mai Yin, the first-generation child of Vietnamese immigrants, who finds the city unkind to outsiders and as dispirited as her own family. When Cordi rents a cheap loft in an old apartment building, she quickly warms to kindred souls Tessa, Audrey, and Silly. They also want better things and have pasts they’d rather forget. That they all share the same middle name makes their friendship seem like destiny.

Darren made a deal. A deal for a new soul. In Agartha, you belong to people with the same soul’s aura color, and Darren doesn’t belong, he can’t be a red. But is he ready to pay the nefarious spirit he made the deal with, the price of a soul? Darren has to travel through Agartha, seeking a way to end the deal he made. And even though he has the support of his friend Mara, fighting minotaurs, trolls and harpies makes their journey one of horrible peril. Would they survive the perils of their journey, or will they face a pre-mandated fate worse than death? While Darren and Mara face the...

Filled with relentless drinking in seamy bars and glamorous nightclubs, wild, drug-fuelled parties, and dispassionate sexual encounters, Less than Zero - narrated by Clay, an 18-year-old student returning home to Los Angeles for Christmas - is a fierce coming-of-age story, justifiably celebrated for its unflinching depiction of hedonistic youth, its brutal portrayal of the inexorable consequences of such moral depravity and its author’s refusal to condone or chastise such behaviour.

Chiaroscuro (kyar-uh-scoor-oh): The art of blending light and shadow. DEVOTION - DEPRESSION - DETERMINATION Stom Carpenter is a quiet presence—a giant in the high school halls who slips between worlds, seen but never truly understood. He longs for the freedom and clarity of adulthood, yet the more he seeks it, the more trapped he becomes in his own mind. THE BLENDING OF LIGHT AND SHADOW WAS FAR EASIER ON PAPER THAN IN LIFE. Just last month he was a football player, but Stom traded in his helmet for a sketchbook, hoping to escape the chaos of the world around him. Instead of finding solace...

May Lynn was once a pretty girl who dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star. Now she's dead, her body dredged up from the Sabine River.

Sue Ellen, May Lynn's strong-willed teenage friend, sets out to dig up May Lynn's body, burn it to ash, and take those ashes to Hollywood to spread around. If May Lynn can't become a star, then at least her ashes will end up in the land of her dreams.